Rural Americans are different than those from the big coastal cities. Tractor Supply Company just discovered that. Tractor Supply is a Tennessee-based retailer known for selling animal feed, farm tools, workwear, and even live chicks and ducks. It is one of the last companies in the nation that you would expect to go woke, but it did. On October 20, 2021, CEO Hal Lawton wrote an Op-Ed in The Tennessean newspaper titled, “Why businesses should follow Tractor Supply’s push for diversity, inclusion, and climate change prevention.” Lawton led Tractor Supply with the philosophy that Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) was a necessary good and that climate change was an existential threat.

This blog has always focused on the culture and politics of the United States. I’ve never discussed climate science, or any other science, before and I don’t intend to make it a habit. Most conservatives already know how they feel about global warming or what they now call global climate change. However, sometimes a topic, or a rant, just seems to flow from my fingers onto the screen. Suddenly, everything is there and all I need to do is press publish. That is just about what happened with this post.